Topics Discussed: Joe has tried to cut sugar out of his diet; That Sugar Film documentary; how Gary got involved in writing about bad science, and writing about diets and health; DASH diet; salt and high blood pressure; how the dietary fat and heart disease myth came to be; does he feel vindicated now; The Secret Life of Fat book; was he shocked by what he discovered about sugar; talk about doing research before the internet boom; problems with the scientific community; diabetes was almost non-existent in the 19th century; growth in diabetes coincides with the increase in consumption of sugar; talk about the history of sugar in the United States; fruit juice is essentially soda; cereal and sugar; cartoons were a method to sell sugary cereal; types of diabetes; different cultures/races and what they eat; what causes insulin resistance; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; types of sugar; what push-back he has experienced (1:00:00) when did diabetes first emerge; Joe talks about his diet before he cut out sugar; protein/health food bars are loaded with sugar; a chocolate bar is almost better for you than something like a Lara bar; milk, cheese, and dairy; Joe talks about what he eats on his ketogenic diet; measuring ketones; Joe takes Kegenix products; why you’re hungry an hour after eating Chinese food; how fat fuels the body; athletes and ketogenic diets; The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance book; The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living book; carbs and athletes; sugar is a great performance enhancing drug; sugar is a pain reliever for babies; Gary talks about the metabolism of himself and his brother; how did he feel before he released his findings; Atkins diet talk compared to a calorie-restricted diet; Gary’s friend died from boxing; Gary talks about his amateur boxing fights and getting knocked out; backlash from his findings/writings; responding to his critics; how doctors and scientists responded to him; why the low carb/high fat diet doesn’t work for some people; hormones and fat; women are programmed to gain fat and men are not; three different body types; different bodies process calories/carbohydrates differently; Gary talks about how football players today are bigger; (2:00:00) heavyweight boxers/football players were much smaller compared to the athletes of today; Francis Ngannou; insulin growth factor talk; Gary talks about debating a skeptic about the cause of obesity; time-restricted eating; intermittent fasting; Dr. Stephen Phinney on long-term low-carb diets; Gary talks about trying the ketogenic diet; cardio before eating; people get hungry at different times; do diets fail or do the people who try the diets don’t follow them properly; giving up carbs and sugar will make you healthier; how the internet helps spread information; vegetarians and vegans; eggs.

My Thoughts: Gary gives long-winded, rambling answers, but there’s some good stuff in this episode if you’re interested in diet, sugar, and fat.

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